Umbrella or parasol frame



(No Model.)

0. B. MACNEAL. UMBRELLA 0R PARASOL FRAME.

Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

UNiTED STATES PATENT EETcE.

CHARLES B. MAONEAL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELLA OR PARASOL FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,470, dated April26, 1892. Application filed October 2'7, 1891. Serial No. 110,007. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. MAoNnAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella and Parasol Frames; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part'of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in umbrellas and parasols, and moreparticularly to improvements in the construction of the upper extremityof the rib and the manner of securing the rib to the notch-ring.

My invention consists of improved ribs used in connection with asoeketed radially-slotted notch, the heads of said ribs being furnishedwith wires passed through the holes at the.

ends of same, said ends having the usual strengthening or stiffeningpieces and said wires being bent up in the form of a U adapted to fitinto the sockets snugly and bearing against the sides of said socketsand causing the ribs to be held in place securely.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents an open u mbrella-frame embodying the improvements.Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation of the notch-ring on theumbrella-stick. Fig. 3 shows the top of notchring. Fig. 4 shows the topof cover-plate and locking-pin. Fig. 5 shows a part of the notchringWith a socket and a portion of a rib detached. Fig. 6 shows an endportion of a rib and the U-shaped wire attachment for same.

A is the umbrella-stick.

B is my notch-ring.

O is a part of a rib.

D is the cover-plate for securing the ends of the ribs in the sockets.

a are the sockets in the notch-ring B.

l) is the U -shaped wire attachment for ends of ribs.

c are the radial slots, which intersect. with the sockets in thenotch-ring.

cl is the pin, which secures the cover-plate D to the umbrella-stick Aover the sockets a in the notch-ring B.

e is the opening through the center of the cover-plate D, through whichthe umbrellastick passes, andfis the same in the notchring B.

g is a small shoulder on umbrella-stick, on which the notch-ring Brests.

By the present mode of connecting the ribs of an umbrella with thenotch-ring that portion is rendered .the weakest portion of the frame,as the wire used quickly rusts and breaks, and the ribs being therebyloosened and released puncture and tear the cover.

It is the prime object of the present invention to render the top of theumbrella-frame the strongest portion and to so construct the connectingdevice and the notch-ring that the ribs may he expeditiously andconveniently placed in the ring and securely held in position.

In attaching the ribs to the notch-ring the flat parts of the ribs belowthe U-shaped heads are passed into the slots in the notchring and theribs are drawn downward to force their U-shaped wire heads into thesockets and rest upon and bear against the sides of the sockets. Thecircular plate is forced down over the sockets, a small pin is insertedthrough the stick over the plate, and the ribs are securelyimprisoned inthe, sockets. Thus it will be observed each rib is hinged to thenotch-ring by a u shaped wire pivotally attached tothe end of the riband forced into the socket, which it fits tightly. Consequently the ribsmaybe raised to their position in an open umbrella, and when theumbrella is closed they will lie close to the stick. It is also obviousthat even should the head of a rib break off, and thus release the ribfrom the notclrring, the cover-plate. will prevent the loosened end fromtearing or puncturing the cover, as said plate intervenes between thecover and the notch-ring.

\Vhile I specify an umbrella-rib pivotally connected with a socketednotch by a U- shaped wire attachment I wish it understood a that I mayuse the same connecting device between the runner and the stretchers, inwhich case the sockets of the runner are reversed and the retaining-capfastened to the runner in any well-known manner.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. An umbrella-rib provided at its upper extremity with apivotally-connected U- shaped wire attachment forming a head adapted tofit tightly in a socketed notch, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In an umbrella, parasol, or like article, the combination, with asocketed notch-ring, of ribs having pivotal U-shaped Wire attachments totheir upper extremities to connect them tightly with the notch-ring, asand for the purpose specified.

3. In an umbrella, parasol, or like article, the combination, with aring provided with a series of radial slots, having sockets formed inits upper surface, of ribs provided with U- shaped wire heads, uponwhich they hinge,

which heads are tightly seated in the sockets of the ring, a cover-plateextending over the sockets and fastened to the umbrella-stick with asmall pin inserted through said stick over the surface of saidcover-plate, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. MAONEAL.

Witnesses:

HARRY DE SILVER, T. HENRY SMITH. .0

